Abstract:
The purposes of this research were: (1) to study desirable characteristics of school administrators under Pathum thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 in 3 aspects: personal, virtue of morality, knowledge ability, human relations and leadership; and (2) to compare desirable characteristics of school administrators under Pathum thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 which were classified by their educational level and school size.The sample included 306 teachers under Pathum thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The instrument was a five-point rating scale questionnaire with the reliability of 0.96. The data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test Independent and One-way ANOVA: F-test.The research findings were as follows:1. The desirable characteristics of school administrators under Pathum thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, as a whole and in each aspects were at a high level. Ranging from the high level to the low level were: virtue of morality, leadership, personality, and knowledge and ability.2. The desirable characteristics of school administrators under Pathum thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, as a whole were not statistically significant different. Considering each aspect, the aspect of leadership was statistically significant different at .05 level.3. The desirable characteristics of school administrators under Pathum thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, classified by school size was not statistically significant different.